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Flowering Plants · Monocotyledons :

(Number (ISBN

3662035316

(Number (ISBN

9783662035313

Number

b567016

Title Proper

Flowering Plants · Monocotyledons :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

Alismatanae and Commelinanae (except Gramineae)

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Klaus Kubitzki.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Berlin, Heidelberg

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1998

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(x, 511 pages)

Series Title

Families and genera of vascular plants, 4.

Text of Note

Conspectus of Families Treated in this Volume --; General References --; Acoraceae --; Zosteraceae (48 families in alphabetical order) --; Index of Scientific Names.

Text of Note

Volumes III and IV of this encyclopaedia provide a novel classification of the monocotyledons, a group encompassing plants of most diverse life-forms such as aquatics, terrestrial and epiphytic herbs, and tall trees. Of the 106 families now recognized 104 are treated in the two volumes, while the economically or horticulturally important grass and orchid families are relegated to two subsequent volumes. The classification followed here is based on recent molecular studies as well as on the vast body of information available on this plant group. The wealth and precision of information, but also the keys for the identification of genera and details on their properties, including distribution and diversification, make this work an important source for both the scholar and the practitioner in the fields of pure and applied plant sciences.

Botany.

Life sciences.

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Book number

edited by Klaus Kubitzki.

Klaus Kubitzki

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[Book]

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